Cybersecurity
At Least 200 Victims Identified in Suspected Russian Hacking
- Number expected to increase as investigations continue
- Trump downplays severity of attack, suggests China involved
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At least 200 organizations, including government agencies and companies around the world, have been hacked as part of a suspected Russian cyber-attack that implanted malicious code in a widely used software program, said a cybersecurity firm and three people familiar with ongoing investigations.
The number of actual hacking victims has been one of many unanswered questions surrounding the cyber-attack, which used a backdoor in SolarWinds Corp.’s Orion network management software as a staging ground for further attacks.